Act of contrition Act of contrition

The 25th anniversary revival of Dead Man Walking at San Francisco Opera is most moving in its quietest moments

By September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The voice of spring The voice of spring

“I come, I come! ye have called me long;

I come o’er the mountains, with light and song”

By April 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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The clue whose meaning we avoid The clue whose meaning we avoid

We watch Peter Grimes being made into a deviant— a process that can take place through the mechanism of the law, but often happens outside of it through social processes.

By October 17, 2022 at 3:23 PM
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In my very own private hell In my very own private hell

No, we don’t really need another “Orpheus” opera. Or, rather, we don’t need this one.

By November 24, 2021 at 11:24 PM
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“The richest food that money can buy” “The richest food that money can buy”

All about the life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, but depicted as an opera performed as a dress rehearsal for an opera.

By April 28, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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“Little,” Joyce

I’ve had this DVD sitting in my apartment for literally months – mea culpa, La – and I finally got around to watching Mark Adamo’s opera Little Women last weekend. Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, the piece received almost unanimous critical and popular acclaim when it premiered in 1998. This DVD was recorded for…

By February 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
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